ST. HELENA. - BERTRAND (Henri-Gatien). Autograph letter signed [TO LETIZIA BONAPARTE]. London, August 17, 1821. 1 p. in-4. "Father Vignali goes to be near Your Highness and will give him sad details on the long and painful illness to which the great prince succumbed, whom we will never cease to regret. ABBUT VIGNALI HAS BEEN LONGWOODLY OCCUPIED IN LONGWOOD. He took care of my children AND HAS ACQUIRED THE EMPEROR'S WELCOME. I have no doubt that Your Highness will receive him with kindness, as a faithful servant who has testified to the emperor every kind of good feeling . "A Corsican priest, Angelo Vignali served the emperor at St. Helena. It was he who administered the extreme unction and celebrated his funeral mass.
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